FIRST
READING: Daniel
9: 4 - 10
4
And I prayed to the Lord my God, and I made my confession, and said:
I beseech thee, O Lord God, great and terrible, who keepest the
covenant, and mercy to them that love thee, and keep thy
commandments.
5
We have sinned, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly,
and have revolted: and we have gone aside from thy commandments, and
thy judgments.
6
We have not hearkened to thy servants the prophets, that have spoken
in thy name to our kings, to our princes, to our fathers, and to all
the people of the land.
7
To thee, O Lord, justice: but to us confusion of face, as at this day
to the men of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all
Israel to them that are near, and to them that are far off in all the
countries whither thou hast driven them, for their iniquities by
which they have sinned against thee.
8
O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our princes, and to our
fathers that have sinned.
9
But to thee, the Lord our God, mercy and forgiveness, for we have
departed from thee:
10
And we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God, to walk
in his law, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
PSALM:
Psalms 79:
8 - 9, 11, 13
8
Remember not our former iniquities: let thy mercies speedily prevent
us, for we are become exceeding poor.
9
Help us, O God, our saviour: and for the glory of thy name, O Lord,
deliver us: and forgive us our sins for thy name's sake:
11
Let the sighing of the prisoners come in before thee. According to
the greatness of thy arm, take possession of the children of them
that have been put to death.
13
But we thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks to
thee for ever. We will shew forth thy praise, unto generation and
generation.
GOSPEL:
Luke 6:
36 - 38
36
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
37
Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall
not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven.
38
Give, and it shall be given to you: good measure and pressed down and
shaken together and running over shall they give into your bosom. For
with the same measure that you shall mete withal, it shall be
measured to you again.
